Midas of the Rockies
Midas of the Rockies

Author: Frank Waters

Publisher: Swallow Press

Published: 1972-01-01

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 9780804005913

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This reprint makes available again Frank Waters' dramatic and colorful 1937 biography of Winfield Scott Stratton, the man who struck it rich at the foot of Pike's Peak and turned Cripple Creek into the greatest gold camp on earth. More than regional history, Midas of the Rockies is a story so fabulously impossible and yet so painfully true that it commends itself to the whole of America, the only earth, the only people who could have created it.

Money Mountain
Money Mountain

Author: Marshall Sprague

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-09-09

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9781537558394

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Money Mountain, first published in 1953, is the story of the fantastically rich Cripple Creek gold mines of Colorado. Detailed are the discovery of the lode and the first mining claims, the development of the town, the incredible wealth generated by the gold, the inevitable labor strife, disasters such as fires and floods; all well-researched and presented in an entertaining style. Included are 13 pages of maps and photographs. Marshall Sprague (1909-1994) authored a number of books and articles on the American West.